New signs will brand' Montgomery County public facilities

NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hire a company in Georgia to create signs that will be hung around public places in the county.

The commissioners approved a payment of $44,830 for the signs, which are being designed by Creative Impressions of Norcross, Ga. Forty-six signs will be placed across the county at various public places.

“I think it’s important if county tax dollars are going to sustain these sites, that people know they are walking into a Montgomery County facility,” commissioners Chairman Josh Shapiro said.

There are no final designs yet, and commissioners have seen preliminary sketches. What exactly will go on the signs is still being worked out. Some of the signs will be for entrances and will have the name of the facility and some basic contact information. There is also a possibility the entrance signs will have the commissioners’ names on them.

“At least some of the drafts that we saw would be done in such a way that it would easily change, should the three of us not be in place, or new commissioners would be there,” Shapiro said.

According to Shapiro, it will be a few months before the signs are completed and installed at several parks and facilities.

“The idea behind the signs is to have some permanency to the name of the facility and some ability to customize them on specific events, occurrences and individual events,” he said.

The 46 signs will cost just under $1,000 each. Shapiro said the commissioners’ plan on having them installed by county employees which will save the county money.

“The plan as it stands now is to use our county personnel at the various facilities to do the installations which is going to dramatically cut down on the costs that you would traditionally find in bringing about new signs,” Shapiro said.

The commissioners said the signs will not signs that let travelers know they are entering Montgomery County.